Dancing with the Starscrowneda new championon Monday, but theDWTSfamily will grow even more this spring.
Karagach — who tied the knot with Pashkov, 36, in 2014 — says herseason 31partnerJoseph Baenadidn’t know about her pregnancy, but “he’s a sweetheart and he really was super gentle with me, although he didn’t know.”
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The New York City native experienced “no nausea since day one” and only found herself being a little bit more aware of her body while competing during her first trimester.
Joseph Baena and Daniella Karagach.Eric McCandless/abc
Fellow proWitney Carsonannounced her pregnancyearlier this month andVal Chmerkovskiy’s wifeJenna Johnsonsat out season 31 due toher pregnancy, so Karagach has plenty of friends going through similar journeys alongside her.
“I’m definitely going to be reaching out to a lot of my friends on the show,” she says. “We need all the help that we can get!”
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Along with welcoming a child, Karagach and Pashkov also plan to celebrate another big life moment in the near future: buying a house.
“We want to settle down and finally buy a house and start our new chapter,” Karagach says. “And then hopefully three months after I give birth, we go right back on the show. We have our plans for the future. Hopefully everything runs smooth.”
The parents-to-be won’t be participating in the upcomingDWTStour in favor of spending time readying for these upcoming changes.
source: people.com
